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L. W. GAY.

TRIGGER SETTING MECHANISM FOR FIRE ARMS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LODOXVICK XV. GAY, OF VORDNER, IDAIIO TERRITORY.

TRIGGER-SETTING MECHANISM FOR FIRE-ARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 402,918, dated May '7,1889.

' Application filed January 17, 1889. Serial No. 296,579. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LODOVVICK W. GAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at WVordner, in the county of Shoshone and Territory of Idaho,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire-Arms, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing, in which is represented a side elevation of myimprovement applied to an ordinary breechloading gun.

My invention relates particularly to breechloading fire-arms, and it hasparticular reference to that class of guns in which the loading andcocking operation is accomplished by means of a pivoted trigger guard orlever, as is well known in the art.

The object of the invention is to provide novel and simple means forpositively resetting the trigger by the same movement that reloads andcocks the gun, as will be fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, A designates the stock of anordinarybreech-loading gun; B, the hammer thereof; 0, the trigger, and Ethe pivoted resetting lever or guard. These parts may all be constructedin the usual well known manner, with the exception of the pivoted leverE. This guard is provided with a forwardly-extending thumb or arm, a,which, when the guard is in its normal position, is immediately behindthe trigger, as shown in full lines in the drawing. In the end of thisprojection is journaled an anti-friction roller, 19.

It will be observed that when the lever E is thrown down and forward tocook the gun and reload it, as shown in the drawing by dotted lines, theshoulder a will press the trigger Gforward and reset it simultaneouslywith the reloading process. By this means the trigger is positively setevery time the lever is operated to cock and reload the gun, therebydoing away with the internal uncertain and complicated mechanism forthat purpose heretofore employed.

1 claim- In afire-arm, the combination, with a gun provided with ahammer and trigger, of a pivoted lever, E, provided with an integralforwardlyprojecting arm, a, and a rollerjournaled upon the forward endof the said arm and resting immediately behind the curved back of thetrigger, whereby, when the said pivoted lever is thrown down, the saidroller will impinge against the curved back of the trigger and press thesame forward, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.v

LODOVVIOK \V. GAY.

Vitnesses:

O. O. ERNEST, G. A. STEWART.

